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We live in an astounding landscape - the Cumberland Plateau.  I won't go into the geological history of it all.  Suffice it to say we live on top of a very resistant form of sedimentary sandstone called the Rockcastle sandstone.  It is loathed to erode, but once the relentlessly wearing of water,...

Around our farm in winter you can find a world of inspiration.  This robin is a picture of patience.  All fluffed up, he/she waits for Spring while enduring the cold snow.  Reminds me of waiting for real estate buyers while the phone stays silent and the emails go unanswered.

Ever notice how a comical view of nature can lift your spirits?  I was working the garden one day when I looked at a bloom on a Dahlia plant that Jerry Gernt had given me.  Now there's a blog - all about the Gernt family getting its roots planted here in Big South Fork country, Fentress County, T...

Sit on what cash you have saved knowing inflation will eat away at it. Put it in a sideways-moving stock market. Buy real estate for 50 cents on the appraised dollar value.  Yes, it is truly a buyer's market when land will sell below appraisal.  The trick is to find the buyers with discretionary...

  With a 120 - 600 mm super zoom lens you can do a lot to capture the essence of a photo. We were in the right place with this equipment one day.        We had just hiked a trail at the Honey Creek Overlook in the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area and were heading back to the tru...

I don't normally mess with photographs, but there are occasions where it is warranted.  This beautiful falls is in the the Big South Fork area.  As part of the massive bluffs at River Park equestrian community,  it is named Denver Falls after a very kind and wonderful man who left us sadly and un...

This is a georgous and massive arch in Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area.  The photo was taken at about 6:50 AM January 27, 2007.  In order to get to the arch and have a decent shot, my husband Brad and I left our house in the pitch black of 5 AM, drove the 30 miles or so and then...

I'm sitting at the computer at 5:30 AM thinking about the 2010 season.   Not that there is not an "on-going" season for listing and selling properties - just that you feel a need to reassess and roll out a new strategy this time of year.    At Tennessee Recreational Properties LLC we're doing a n...

As real estate agents, we are one of two professions enabled to write binding contracts.  Attorney is the other.  This is a grave responsibility for the Broker who is ultimately responsible for any snafus that may occur.  It's up to us to check and re-check the documents we and our agents ask peo...

It takes some hiking on steep sideslopes to get there, but it's worth it.  This falls is locally referred to as the Devil's Bathtub.  The falls is in limestone and just below the drop is a huge sinkhole where most all of the water goes in the summer.  This a winter photo - obviously more water th...